Treatment of Chronic Pain by Interventional Approaches

From reviews of Deer, eds., Comprehensive Treatment of Chronic Pain by Medical, Interventional, and Integrative Approaches:

"Comprehensive Treatment of Chronic Pain by Medical, Interventional, and Integrative Approaches is a major textbook...
[I]t should be a part of all departmental libraries and in the reference collection of pain fellows and pain practitioners.  In fact, this text could be to pain as Miller is to general anesthesia." 

                               Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology

Edited by master clinician-experts appointed by the American Academy of Pain Medicine, this is a soft cover version of the Interventional sections of the acclaimed Deer, eds., Comprehensive Treatment of Chronic Pain by Medical, Interventional, and Integrative Approaches. It is intended as a primary reference for busy clinicians who seek up-to-date and authoritative information about interventional approaches to treating chronic pain.

• State-of-the-art coverage of full range of techniques: neural blockades, neurolysis blocks, and neurostimulation
• Review of clinically relevant anatomy and physiology
• "Key Points" preview contents of each chapter

Part I. Anatomy and Physiology of Pain.- 1. Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology of Pain.- 2. Spinal Targets for Interventional Pain Management.- 3. Functional Anatomy and Imaging of the Spine.- Part II. Neural Blockade and Neurolysis Blocks.- 4. Local Anesthetics.- 5. Neurolytic Agents.- 6. Cryoanalgesia.- 7. Radiofrequency: Conventional and Pulsed.- 8. Atlanto-Axial and Atlanto-Occipital Joints Injection in the Treatment of Headaches and Neck Pain.- 9. Sphenopalatine Ganglion Block.- 10. Occipital Nerve Block.- 11. Neural Blockade for Trigeminal Neuralgia.- 12. Glossopharyngeal Nerve Block.- 13. Cervical Plexus Block.- 14. Stellate Ganglion Blockade.- 15. Epidural (Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar, Caudal) Block/Injections.- 16. Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injections.- 17. Facet Injections and Radiofrequency Denervation.- 18. Intercostal Nerve Blocks.- 19. Intrapleural Catheters.- 20. Epidural Lysis of Adhesions: Percutaneous and Endoscopic Techniques.- 21. Thoracic and Lumbar Sympathetic Nerve Block and Neurolysis.- 22. Celiac Plexus, Splanchnic Nerve Block, and Neurolysis.- 23. Superior Hypogastric Plexus, Ganglion Impar Blocks, and Neurolysis.- 24. Peripheral Neurolysis.- 25. Central Neuraxial Neurolysis.- 26. Provocative Discography.- 27. Brachial Plexus Block.- 28. Suprascapular Nerve Block.- 29. Intradiscal Annuloplasty for the Treatment of Discogenic Pain.- 30. Percutaneous Disc Decompression.- 31. The Racz Procedure: Lysis of Epidural Adhesions (Percutaneous Neuroplasty).- 32. Sacroiliac Joint Injection and Radiofrequency Denervation.- 33. Vertebral Augmentation: Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty.- 34. Piriformis Injection.- 35. Botulinum Toxin in the Management of Painful Conditions.- 36. Emerging Imaging Tools for Interventional Pain.- Part III. Neuromodulation.- 37. A History of Neurostimulation.- 38. Stimulation of the Peripheral Nerve and Peripheral Nerve Field.- 39. Spinal Cord Stimulation.- 40. Brain Stimulation for Pain.- 41. Motor Cortex Stimulation.- 42. Intrathecal Drug Delivery for Control of Pain.- 43. Clinical Applications of Neuromodulation: Radicular Pain and Low Back Pain.- 44. Clinical Applications of Neuromodulation: Neurostimulation for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome.- 45. Clinical Applications of Neuromodulation: Section on Angina and Peripheral Vascular Disease.- 46. Clinical Applications of Neuromodulation: Spinal Cord Stimulation for Abdominal Pain.- 47. Cost-Effectiveness of Interventional Techniques.- 48. Neurosurgical Techniques for Pain Management.- 49. Spinal Cord Stimulation in the Treatment of Postherpetic Neuralgia.- 50. Complications of Interventional Pain Management Techniques.